{"product_id":"brooklyn-heights-an-egyptian-novel-paperback","title":"Brooklyn Heights: An Egyptian Novel - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiral Al-Tahawy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSamah Selim\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature, shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHind, newly arrived in New York with her eight-year-old son, several suitcases of unfinished manuscripts, and hardly any English, finds a room in a Brooklyn teeming with people like her who dream of becoming writers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs she discovers the various corners of her new home, they conjure up parallel memories from her childhood and her small Bedouin village in the Nile Delta: Emilia who sells used shoes at the flea market smells like Zeinab, the old woman who worked for Hind's grandfather; the reflection of her own body as she dances tango awakens the awkwardness of her relationship to that body across the years; the story of Lilette, the Egyptian bourgeoise who has lost her memory, prompts Hind to safeguard her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough this kaleidoscopic spectrum of disadvantaged characters we encounter unique but familiar life histories in this award-winning and intensely moving novel of displacement and exile.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiral al-Tahawy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tent \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 1998) and \u003ci\u003eBlue Aubergine\u003c\/i\u003e (AUC Press, 2002). She is professor of Arabic at the School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSamah Selim \u003c\/b\u003eis the translator of \u003ci\u003eMemories of a Meltdown: An Egyptian between Moscow and Chernobyl \u003c\/i\u003eby Mohamed Makhzangi (AUC Press, 2006). She won the 2009 Saif Gobash-Banipal Prize for Arabic Literary Translation for her translation of \u003ci\u003eThe Collar and the Bracelet \u003c\/i\u003e(AUC Press, 2008).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.8 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 15, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412262588653,"sku":"9789774166594","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-gb\/products\/brooklyn-heights-an-egyptian-novel-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}